This May, mentoring has led us to participate in two conferences: the Spanish Congress of Social Mentoring (Pamplona) and the European Mentoring Summit (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands), in which we shared our vision and we established ties for improvement and innovation in social mentoring. Since this year we have been able to return to in-person meetings, […]
As we explained to you a month ago, from May 10 to 13 we traveled to Greece to close the Re-Generations project. The collaboration with the Italian (Defence for Children) and Greek (ARSIS) entities has lasted three years and, in that time, we have managed to get both entities to start up social mentoring for young […]
Houssaine and Abdelaziz are two young people who have one thing in common: they have been living in Catalonia for more than three years and are in an irregular administrative situation. They have been given training and looking for a job that will allow them to settle here. The good news is that they will […]
Have you been following the international Re-Generations project? If so, you know that the Italian (Defense for Children Italy) and Greek (ARSIS) organizations have already completed several mentoring groups and have finalized more than one cycle of their programs for migrant youth. This has been accomplished thanks to the training of their teams and the […]
Xavi Alarcón, resercher Last March I received my doctorate from the University of Girona, under the supervision of Dr. Oscar Prieto-Flores. My thesis has focused on evaluating the positive effects that social mentoring has on young people of foreign origin, mostly unaccompanied minors who were under the guardianship of the DGAIA (General Directorate of […]
Clàudia Frontino, Agència Talaia How can I accompany a young person who has migrated? What is my role as a volunteer mentor? What do I do if I don’t know how to accompany? Is it a good idea to involve my family? These are frequently asked questions by those starting a mentoring or volunteering […]
After two years replicating the Referents project in Greece and Italy within the framework of the Re-Generations Project –training professional support team and designing and following-up on the projects’ implementation– the two entities have acquired the necessary knowledge to continue alone. This experience will end in May with a joint meeting in Greece, where we […]
We have already spoken on other occasions about the international project Re-Generations, in which we have been involved in implementing mentoring projects for ARSIS (Greece) and Defense for Children (Italy) over the past two years. This month we co-organized a virtual meeting of agents involved in mentoring and accompanying young people –both those under guardianship […]
A few months ago we explained the role of Punt de Referencia in the Re-Generations project: Defence for Children (Italy) and ARSIS (Greece), were interested in initiating projects to mentor young refugees as they come of age as adults. Punt de Referència assisted them in training each organization’s professionals, adapting the Referents Project’s methodology to […]
“The company I work in, every Christmas makes donations to several NGO’s. I have proposed to include Punt de Referència as a candidate this year and you have been accepted.” This was the email sent by Martina (a volunteer in Referents project) that filled us with excitement. In Punt de Referència we love when people involved […]
Last March we told you that Punt de Referència was involved in the Re-Generations project, where we offer training and support to two organizations: Defense for Children Italy and ARSIS (Greece). They are both interested in incorporating mentoring into the emancipation process for refugee youth as they come of age. Since then, and building on […]
Genoa (Italy) and Thessaloniki (Greece) have come on board for creating mentoring projects that can transform not only individuals, but societies as well. Re-Generations is the name of the project promoted by Defense for Children Italy (DCI Italy) and joined by ARSIS (Greece) with the aim of providing support, through volunteers, for young people between […]
